"Put your code into functions, people!" .. is the reason why most people dont notice the weird scoping rules
You will only hit the weirdness face first, if you write scripts with global variables, which is usually what beginners do
Most advanced users, and library writers, probably hardly notice it
You were courageous to even try :-)
From their refusal to see any use in explicit variables declarations, their (somewhat related) huge scope debacle, to its strange and irregular 'resolution', not to mention the original absurdly weird propositions they had made to resolve it: the scope and variable declaration subject is pretty hopeless in Julia land. I quickly gave up on it years ago (long before the scope debacle), as I had no intention of losing my time, when I saw the arguments and the logic they used.
Framing this as a case of irrational and illogical behaviour is unnecessary and unreasonable in my opinion. A lot of serious thought and debate went into the resolution. There is no need to disrespect and badmouth people because they have different priorities than you.
